cardiac tumors
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Cardiac tumours are benign or malignant neoplasms arising primarily in the inner lining, muscle layer, or the surrounding pericardium of the heart. They can be primary or metastatic.
Types
benign cardiac tumors
- cardiac rhabdomyoma
- cardiac fibroma
- cardiac myxoma
- cardiac papillary fibroelstoma
- cardiac atrial septum lipomatous hypertrophy
- cardiac lipoma
- cardiac paragnaglioma
- cardiac hemangioma
- cardiac mesothelioma of the atrioventriuclar node
- cardiac Purkinje cell tumor
- cardiac teratoma
malignant cardiac tumors
- cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma
- cardiac angiosarcoma
- cardiac osteosarcoma
- cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH)
- cardiac fibrosarcoma
- cardiac leiomyosarcoma
- cardiac myxosarcoma
- cardiac synovial sarcoma
- cardiac liposarcoma
- cardiac malignant schwannoma (cardiac malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor or cardiac MPNST)
primary cardiac lymphoma (#17721189#)
Pediatric cardiac tumours
Primary cardiac tumours are rare in paediatric practice with a prevalence of 0.0017 to 0.28 in autopsy series. In contrast, the incidence of cardiac tumours during foetal life has been reported to be approximately 0.14%.
The vast majority of primary cardiac tumours in children are benign, whilst approximately 10% are malignant. Secondary malignant tumours are 10-20 times more prevalent than primary malignant tumours.
Rhabdomyoma is the most common cardiac tumour during foetal life and childhood. It accounts for more than 60% of all primary cardiac tumours.
Myxomas are the most common primary tumours in adults constituting 40% of benign tumours.
Adult cardiac tumors
The frequency and type of cardiac tumours in adults differ from those in children with 75% being benign and 25% being malignant.
See also
Tumors
References
Uzun O, Wilson DG, Vujanic GM, Parsons JM, De Giovanni JV. Cardiac tumours in children. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2007 Mar 1;2:11. PMID: #17331235#